The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

02/24/1969 (GB) • 1h 56m

Drama

In the surprising world of Jean Brodie, there were two men and four girls.

Overview

A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12-year-old charges with her over-romanticized worldview.

Top Billed Cast

Maggie Smith

Jean Brodie

Robert Stephens

Teddy Lloyd

Celia Johnson

Miss Mackay

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Lowther

Jane Carr

Mary McGregor

Ann Way

Miss Gaunt


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

based on novel or book

love triangle

scotland

fascism

edinburgh, scotland

coming of age

teacher

eccentric

school

older man younger woman relationship

teacher student relationship

teacher hero

spinster

nude modeling

painter as artist

art teacher

female teacher

romantic triangle

hopeless romantic

sexual curiosity

girls' school

young girl seduces old man

young girls

romanticism

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